Rashi on TanakhGenesis 34

The daughter of Leah. [Why is she] not [called] “the daughter of Yaakov”? But, because of her “going out” she is called “the daughter of Leah” because she [Leah] too, was in the habit of “going out,” as it is said, “And Leah went out to meet him.” (She is the source of the adage: “Like mother like daughter.”)

He was with her. In the usual manner.

And mistreated her. In an unusual manner.

To the girl’s heart. [Meaning:] seductive words, “Look at your father—for a small plot of land—how much he had to overpay. I will marry you and you will own the city and all its fields.”

Such a thing should not be done. To forcibly take the maidens. For [even] the gentiles constrained themselves from illicit relationships as a result of the Flood.

Desires. [חָשְׁקָה means] desires.

Bridal dowry. [Meaning: the amount agreed to in the] marriage contract.

With guile. [I.e.,] with cleverness.

Because he had defiled. Scripture tells us that there was no deceit for he had defiled their sister Deenah.

That is a disgrace. Among us it is considered a defect; when one wants to insult another he says to him, “you are uncircumcised” or, “you are the son of one who is uncircumcised.” Wherever the word חֶרְפָּה is found [it means] insulting.

We will consent. [Meaning:] will we be reconciled with you, from the word וַיֵאוֹתוּ —“and they were agreeable.”

Circumcising. [Meaning:] to be circumcised. It is not an active infinitive—to do, but rather, an inactive infinitive—to be done.

[Then] we will give. The second letter נוּ"ן has a dagesh [dot] because it serves in the place of two נוני"ן - ± וְנָתַנְנוּ.

And we will take your daughters for ourselves. You will note that in the proposal that Chamor made to Yaakov, as well as in the response of Yaakov’s sons to Chamor, they regarded Yaakov’s sons as the important ones in that they could select the daughters of Shechem according to their choice, and give their daughters as they saw fit, as it is written, “We will give our daughters”—as we see fit. “And we will take your daughters,” whichever we see fit. Whereas, when Chamor, and his son, Shechem, spoke to the inhabitants of their city they reversed the words, [saying:] “We will take their daughters as wives and give them our daughters. [They did this] in order to convince them to consent to be circumcised.

Completely at peace. [Meaning:] in peace and wholeheartedly.

The Land has ample room. Like a person who is open-handed and generous. The idea being: “You will lose nothing, for much merchandise has arrived here and it has no buyers.”

Must be circumcised. [בְּהִמוֹל means] by being circumcised.

Only let us consent to them. To this matter and, as a result, they will settle with us.

Two of Yaakov’s sons. They were his sons, yet, Shimon and Leivi acted as other people who are not his sons, in that they did not seek his advice.

Brothers of Deenah. Because they risked their lives for her, they are called her brothers.

With confidence. Because they [the Shechemites] were in pain. The Aggadaic explanation is: They were confident of the power of the “old one” [Yaakov].

Upon the corpses. In order to strip the slain.

Their wealth. [חֵילָם means] their wealth. Similarly: “Has gotten for me this wealth,” [or] “And Israel has acquired wealth,” [or] “They will leave their wealth to others.”

They took captive. From the term שִׁבְיָה —taking captive. The accent is, therefore, on the latter syllable.

You have made trouble. From [the expression] מַיִם עֲכוּרִים —clouded waters, i.e., my mind is now not clear. An Aggadaic explanation: The [liquid in the] cask was clear and you have clouded it. [Meaning:] the Canaanites had a tradition that [someday] they would fall in the hands of the children of Yaakov. But, they thought [that this would not happen] until, “When your numbers will increase, then will you inherit the land,” and they had, therefore, been silent.

Few in number. [Meaning] few people.

A harlot. [Meaning] abandoned.

Our sister. Onkelos translates it “To our sister.”